Posted by
Catmman on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:39:13 AM
The Ground Zero Mosque is
NOT about religious liberty!
I am sick and tired of liberal, self-righteous morons lecturing me about tolerance, freedom, liberty, the 1st Amendment, etc.
These are the same morons who scream bloody murder every Christmas when someone wants to put a Nativity scene anywhere near a government building. Hell, these are the same morons who scream bloody murder when anyone wants to put a Nativity scene anywhere in public.
These morons have the audacity to lecture on the 1st Amendment, how it ensures the freedom to exercise religion, any religion, yet have forgotten about how the 1st Amendment also guarantees everyone the freedom of speech - even when that speech 'offends' their delicate sensibilities.
These are the same morons who want to gnash and wail about the supposed 'intolerance' being shown Muslims on the GZM issue, yet excuse actual and demonstrated Muslim intolerance against Jews and Christians. Muslim nations, particularly Saudi Arabia, have separate roads for Muslims and 'non-believers'. If you are not a Muslim, you cannot even enter the city of Mecca. If you display any non-Muslim accouterments (crosses, bibles, etc) while in a Muslim nation, you will be arrested. Saudi Arabia has a religious 'police' force for goodness sake - the Mutaween. If you want real religious intolerance, travel to a Muslim nation.
Not one mainstream, conservative pundit has said this mosque should not be built because it is a mosque or because the 'community center' will cater to Muslims. Has there been one? If so, who? Name them. Show me their words. Let me hear the audio. Let me see the video.
You know how I know there isn't any audio or video or evidence of any kind? Because it isn't all over the television, newspapers, lefty or even righty blogs. All we get is people
like this guy naming the ever elusive, yet always accessible "wingnuts" as evidence of their claims. Are there people who don't want it built specifically because they don't like Muslims? I'm sure there are. There is no shortage of idiots anywhere - on the Right
or the Left. However that is not evidence of systemic bigotry or intolerance. All it is evidence of is
there is no real evidence. As with many on the left, all that matters is the
tactic - the
accusation. Repeat a lie enough times and sooner or later it becomes 'fact'. As with the accusations of racism and the uttering of racial epithets during a rally against Obamacare several months ago, there
is no and
continues to be no evidence. No video, no audio, no photos, nothing. All we have is the accusation designed to
shut people up.
People don't want a mosque built near Ground Zero because it is near hallowed ground. Almost three thousand innocent Americans were murdered on September 11, 2001. They were murdered by Muslims who were acting in the name of Islam. Regardless of whether they were 'radicals' matters not. When an abortion clinic is bombed or when abortion doctors have been murdered, there has been no widespread nuance in referring to the killers religion. They are referred to, simply, as Christians.
Muslims committed the murders. Muslims took credit for the crime and the plot. Muslims celebrated the act. Muslim leaders continue to use the act as a rallying cry to kill non-Muslims. None of those things can be disputed. Simple facts. Mentioning those facts does not make me a bigot. Not wanting a mosque near GZ does not make me intolerant.
What it makes me is angry that because I feel this is an affront to the memories of the victims, because I feel it is improper and disrespectful and simply in poor taste, because my gut is telling me there is a decent chance those proposing the mosque are doing it for reasons other than those they state, I am castigated as a hate-monger and bigot, simply because I feel the way I feel.
Tolerance is not a one way street. Rights are indeed universal in the United States, but contrary to popular belief, so is responsibility. Just because a person can do a thing doesn't mean they should do a thing. Get it?
We would not tolerate a Shinto shrine one hundred yards from the Arizona Memorial (thought there is one near Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor being a big place...). We would not tolerate a KKK rally anywhere near the grave of Martin Luther King, Jr. There is no Mexican Consulate near the Alamo (it is several miles away.)
Why? Because there is a thing called decency. Simply ask yourself: Is putting a mosque near GZ decent? If you think it is, then I submit you are the one with a problem.
If you think disagreeing with a mosque at GZ is being intolerant and contrary to the 1st Amendment; if you think those who give voice to their differing opinion on the issue should just shut up about it, I submit you are the one being intolerant.
If you think that a mosque a stones throw from GZ is ok, but a child taking a bible to school is not, then you are the bigot.